The 1951 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1951)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between January 8, 1951 and February 3, 1951, and made landfall.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
January 8, 1951 to February 3, 1951
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH081951

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 8, 06:007.0S 74.1ETropical storm
Jan 8, 12:007.1S 74.1ETropical storm
Jan 8, 18:007.2S 74.0ETropical storm
Jan 9, 00:007.2S 74.0ETropical storm
Jan 9, 06:007.3S 73.9ETropical storm
Jan 9, 12:007.4S 73.8ETropical storm
Jan 9, 18:007.6S 73.6ETropical storm
Jan 10, 00:007.7S 73.5ETropical storm
Jan 10, 06:007.9S 73.4ETropical storm
Jan 10, 12:008.0S 73.3ETropical storm
Jan 10, 18:008.2S 73.2ETropical storm
Jan 11, 00:008.3S 73.1ETropical storm
Jan 11, 06:008.4S 73.1ETropical storm
Jan 11, 12:008.7S 72.9ETropical storm
Jan 11, 18:009.0S 72.7ETropical storm
Jan 12, 00:009.3S 72.7ETropical storm
Jan 12, 06:009.5S 72.6ETropical storm
Jan 12, 12:009.6S 72.5ETropical storm
Jan 12, 18:009.8S 72.4ETropical storm
Jan 13, 00:0010.0S 72.4ETropical storm
Jan 13, 06:0010.2S 72.3ETropical storm
Jan 13, 12:0010.4S 72.2ETropical storm
Jan 13, 18:0010.6S 72.0ETropical storm
Jan 14, 00:0010.9S 71.9ETropical storm
Jan 14, 06:0011.2S 71.8ETropical storm
Jan 14, 12:0011.3S 71.7ETropical storm
Jan 14, 18:0011.5S 71.6ETropical storm
Jan 15, 00:0011.7S 71.5ETropical storm
Jan 15, 06:0012.0S 71.3ETropical storm
Jan 15, 12:0012.3S 71.2ETropical storm
Jan 15, 18:0012.5S 71.2ETropical storm
Jan 16, 00:0012.7S 71.1ETropical storm
Jan 16, 06:0012.9S 71.0ETropical storm
Jan 16, 12:0013.1S 70.9ETropical storm
Jan 16, 18:0013.3S 70.7ETropical storm
Jan 17, 00:0013.5S 70.6ETropical storm
Jan 17, 06:0013.8S 70.6ETropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0014.0S 70.4ETropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0014.3S 70.3ETropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0014.5S 70.3ETropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0014.7S 70.2ETropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0014.9S 70.1ETropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0015.2S 70.0ETropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0015.3S 70.0ETropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0015.5S 69.9ETropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0015.7S 69.8ETropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0016.0S 69.6ETropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0016.2S 69.5ETropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0016.4S 69.4ETropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0016.7S 69.3ETropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0017.0S 69.2ETropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0017.2S 69.1ETropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0017.5S 69.0ETropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0017.7S 68.9ETropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0018.0S 68.8ETropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0018.1S 68.7ETropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0018.3S 68.6ETropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0018.6S 68.5ETropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0019.0S 68.4ETropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0019.2S 68.3ETropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0019.5S 68.2ETropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0019.8S 68.0ETropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0020.2S 67.8ETropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0020.5S 67.6ETropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0020.8S 67.3ETropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0021.2S 66.0ETropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0021.5S 64.0ETropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0021.5S 61.8ETropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0021.3S 59.8ETropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0021.2S 58.5ETropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0021.0S 57.3ETropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0020.7S 56.0ETropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0020.4S 54.7ETropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0020.3S 54.0ETropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0020.2S 53.5ETropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0020.2S 52.7ETropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0020.2S 52.0ETropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0020.4S 51.5ETropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0020.6S 51.0ETropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0020.9S 50.5ETropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0021.3S 50.0ETropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0022.0S 49.3ETropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0022.8S 48.4ETropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0023.8S 47.6ETropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0024.5S 47.0ETropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0024.7S 46.7ETropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0024.8S 46.6ETropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0024.9S 46.5ETropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0025.0S 46.3ETropical storm
Jan 30, 12:0025.0S 46.2ETropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0024.9S 46.0ETropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0024.9S 45.9ETropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0024.8S 45.8ETropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0024.5S 45.6ETropical storm
Jan 31, 18:0024.2S 45.4ETropical storm
Feb 1, 00:0023.9S 45.2ETropical storm
Feb 1, 06:0023.6S 44.9ETropical storm
Feb 1, 12:0023.3S 44.3ETropical storm
Feb 1, 18:0022.9S 43.5ETropical storm
Feb 2, 00:0022.7S 42.9ETropical storm
Feb 2, 06:0022.5S 42.3ETropical storm
Feb 2, 12:0025.1S 40.4ENot reported
Feb 2, 18:0025.7S 40.1ENot reported
Feb 3, 00:0026.2S 40.0ENot reported

Other South Indian storms of 1951

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.